Chapel of Santo Tome de Gondar
A small 17th century chapel with a single rectangular nave is located on top of a hill in the town of Gondar. It is a small rectangular temple with two bodies. On the main facade there is a little oculus on the entrance with a cross above it. The façade seems to be crowned by a […]
Saint Eulalia of Nantes
The church of Santa Eulalia de Nantes was built in 1965 after completely demolishing the Romanesque temple of greater architectural value than the current one and which occupied the place that this church currently occupies. The church is located in a rural setting very pretty, surrounded by the houses of the village and areas of orchards and […]
Saint Catalina
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Saint Stephen of Noalla
From its entrance there are some magnificent views of the Ria de Pontevedra. It is built sobre Romanesque remains of a previous temple, of which the cover is preserved, although not in its original state, since it has been later remodeled. On this cover stand out the archivolts with pointed arches and the carvings on the eardrum, […]
New Parish Temple
This church is the most modern in the municipalityConstruction began in 1.965 and the works finished in 1.976. The project corresponds to the architect Joaquín Robles Echenique. It is characterized by having hexagonal plant covered by a stepped pyramid roof, so that at each step the hexagons rotate with respect to the previous one. The roof is finished in […]
Church Santa María de Adina
Temple built sobre another romanesque from the year 1.170 of which the walls and the eaves are preserved. The chapel is from the 16th century and has a ribbed vault. Primarily consagrada a la diosa pagana Minerva, “Atinna” o “Ataecina”, was later Christianized, renamed Santa María la Digna, until reaching the current place name of Adina. […]
San Pedro Church Bordóns
Chapel of the 18th century, construction of a single rectangular nave divided into three sections. The first is made up of three arches that form a barrel vault with buttresses on the outside, and the other two have a rectangular structure and are wider. On the main facade sobreThere is a belfry with two bells […]
Saint John’s Church Dorrón
Built in 1.764 sobre the remains of a romanesque temple, of which the walls and eaves of the nave are still preserved today. Inside, there is a baroque altarpiece from 1.775 and it preserves a Romanesque baptismal font. The building has a rectangular plan divided into two sections: the first consists of two arches that form a […]
Church of San Xinés
Formerly located in the place of Aldariz, to be transferred from 1.670 to 1.780 to the town of Sanxenxo. The style is known as “Sailor style” characteristic of the mendicant orders from the 1.688th to the 1.710th centuries and widespread along the Galician coast. The plan of the building is rectangular, with an apse narrower than the […]
Church of San Pedro de Villalonga
It dates from the 18th century, has a rectangular plan and is formed by a single ship, with a gabled roof. The nave is divided into a cross transept, perfectly marked by the exterior buttresses. It has a deck with a wooden gabled roof and mounted sobre faixon arches. The main chapel is rectangular with […]